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megaman79 on 23 December 2008

Well it should officially now be Japan's most valuable company, considering Toyota's issues.

Nintendo is Japan's 2nd most valuable active stock
Tue Sep 25, 2007 9:21am BST


TOKYO (Reuters) - Nintendo Co Ltd roared past Canon Inc to become Japan's second most valuable tradable company behind Toyota Motor Corp this week as investors bet demand for its Wii and DS machines will remain strong into the critical year-end shopping season.

Although the market value of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc (MUFG) is potentially bigger than that of Nintendo, trading in its shares is suspended this week ahead of a 1,000-for-one share split.

Nintendo's Wii has so far outsold Sony's PlayStation 3 by a large margin since their launches late last year as Nintendo's strategy to expand the gaming population by offering easy-to-play but innovative games has proved a big success.

"At the Tokyo Game Show last week, Nintendo wasn't there officially. But there were a lot of software companies who are dedicating software to Nintendo platforms," KBC Securities analyst Hiroshi Kamide said.

"I think it's reasonable to think that this Christmas Nintendo strategy of catering to both core and casual gaming markets will succeed again." Shares in Nintendo closed up 3.1 percent at 59,200 yen on Tuesday, bringing its market value to 8.39 trillion yen (36.4 billion pounds), surpassing Canon's market capitalisation of 8.12 trillion yen.

It, however, is still just one-third of Toyota's 24 trillion yen. Toyota is the world's most profitable and valuable automaker.

Last Friday, which was the last trading day for MUFG shares ahead of the suspension, market capitalisation for Japan's largest bank came to 11 trillion yen.

Nintendo shares have more than quadrupled over the past two years, initially boosted by strong demand for the DS, then by brisk sales of the Wii.

In the April-June quarter, Nintendo sold 3.43 million units of the Wii and 6.98 million of the DS. By comparison, Sony sold 710,000 units of its PS3 and 2.14 million of the PlayStation Portable.

From Reuters

Even though the stock has dipped its come back up alot faster than either MS, Sony or Toyata have in December.



“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.

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colonelstubbs on 23 December 2008

Damn, now the car companies are struggling. This is geting serious



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HappySqurriel on 23 December 2008

The unfortunate thing for Toyota is that things could (potentially) get worse for them ...

When you combine the higher MSRP, lower incentives, and higher interest rates associated with (many) Japaneese cars they have been noticeably more expensive than their American counterpart for quite some time. Over the past several years people have justified this higher price because of their superior fuel economy and their better resale value; and their resale value was often inflated by used car buyers willingness to pay a premium to own a more fuel efficient car.

If oil prices remain at more modest levels, and people are more careful with how much money they are spending on a new/used car a company like Toyota may be more negatively impacted than other manufacturers.



akuma587 on 23 December 2008
SMcc1887 said:
megaman79 said:
Their not making enough hybrids and small cars. But they are making millions more than GM, Ford and Chrysler at least.

Nintendo is still officially Japan's biggest company then. Toyota used to be or maybe it still is.

I wouldnt say that. It has alot of competition in Toshiba, Canon, JVS, Panasonic, Sony, Mitsubishi, Hitachi and a whole heap more XD

 

Indeed, there are plenty of companies with more net worth than Nintendo.

 



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